Combination furniture



' 1,618, 22 1927' P. e. GARDNER 9 COMBINATION FURNITURE Filed Feb. 26. 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Feb. 22 1927.

P. G. GARDNER COMBINATI 0N FURNITURE Filed Feb; 26. 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Feb. 22, 1927.

UNITED I EIOEBE GARDNER, F

1,618,922 PATENT OFFICE.

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Application, filed February This invention. relates to certain novel improvements in combination furniture and has for its principal object the provision of. an improved construction of this character which will be highly efficient in use and economical in manufacture. 7

Among the several objects of the invention is the production of an article of this character wherein the article canbe used as 1 a dressing table, a desk or a tea table without making any constructing changes.

A further object of the invention is the production of an article-of this character wherein there is provided a simple combination and arrangement of parts for effectively locking the mirror frame in position when used as a'desk top or tea table.

A. further object oftheinvention is the a device. of this character production of wherein there is provided a simple combination andv arrangement of parts for securing the mirror carrying frame to the article whereby the mirror frame can be adjusted at any desired angle. I Other objects will appear hereinafter.

' The invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed. V I

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings il lustrating the preferred form of construction, and in which:'

Fig. 1- is a front elevational view of the invention illustrating the article as being used as a dressing table.

Fig. 2 is a typical side elevational view of the invention as illustrated in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary detail'view of the invention taken. substantially on line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary detail view similar to that illustrated inFig. 1 illustrating certain parts in different positions.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional view illustrating the method of mounting the trunnions of the frame, embodied in the invention, in position.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary sectional detail view taken substantiallyv on line 6-6 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 7 is an edge elevational View of the mirror frame embodied in the invention.

Fig. 8 is a top plan view of the invention illustratingtlie frame in position to be used as a desk top or tea table.

26, 1926. Serial No. 90,909.

Fig. 9 is a fragmentary sectional view taken substantially on line 9-9 of' Fig. 8.

Fig-. 10 is. a fragmentary sectional view taken substantially on line 10-10 of Fig. 1.

The preferred form of construction in.- 00 cludes a body 15 defining compartments 16 and 17 and a top 15' upon which toilet articles or the like are adapted to be supported. The compartments 16' are adapted. to acconnnodate drawers 18 having suitable handles" 19 facilitating removal thereof; The compartment 17 is adapted to accommodate a casing 20 of a suitable time piece 21. This time piece is supported by a door-.22 having an opening 23 through which the dial 23 of the time piece is exposed. The dial 1s protected from dust or other like particles of matter by a dial glass 24f carried by: a suitable bezel ring 25 having flange portions' 26. mounted in the opening 23. The door 22 carries trunnions 27 facilitating pivotally mounting the door to the body to permit the casin to be brought from confined position in tie compartment 17 as illustrated'in Fig. 10. The door 22isyieldabl-y locked with the casing 20 confined in the compartment 17 through the medium of a spring leaf 28 having an end portion 28" in abutment with a clip 29' secured to the, door as at 29". Y

The body '15 is supported by' corner posts .18of ornamental design as illustrated in Fig. 1. These corner posts carry at their lower ends castors or rollers 30 facilitating .moving'the article about. The upper ends of the corner posts are connected in pairs A, by cross pieces 30. Connectedto these cross pieces are blocks 31 defining elongatedver- .tically extending recesses 32 communicat ing at their upper ends with recesses 32" formed in the cross pieces as best illustrated in Fig. 6. These latter recessesv are in com- .munication with bearing holes. 33. The

.bearing holes at their outer ends are enlarged as at33 to accommodate. spring members 3% embracing operating bolts 3% mounted for rotation in the bearing holes 33'. The

inner ends of these operating bolts have. threaded engagement with operating levers 35 carrying at their lower ends set screw buttons 35 having threaded shank portions 36 threaded for threaded engagement with tapped holes 36' formed in the operatinglevers as best illustrated in Fig. 6. These operating levers extend substantially at right angles with respect to the operating bolts 34: and the shanks of the set screw buttons work in arcuated slots 37 formed in the guide plates 37 carried by the blocks 31 and secured thereto by securing elements 38.

Disposed between the guide plates 37 and the operating levers 35 are collars 88 carried by the shanks 36.

The arrangement is such that by threading the shanks 36 into tapped holes 36 the operating levers 35 will bind against the col. lars 38 causing the collars to bind against the guide plates 37 effectively locking the operating levers and'operating bolts in certain positions for reasons hereinafter set forth.

The spring members 34:, herein referred to, have end portions secured to the operating bolts as at 39 and opposite end portions secured to face plates 39 which are in turn secured to thecross pieces 30. The arrange ment is such that upon rotation of the operating bolts in a certain direction, by operation of the operating levers, the spring members will be caused to tightly wind around the operating bolts so that when the operating bolts are free to rotate in an opposite direction, rotation in that opposite direction will be urged by the spring members 34.

As illustrated in Figs. 3 to 5 inclusive the outer ends of the operating bolts are reduced to provide square studs etO receiving keeper plates 40. These keeper platesare notched as at 41 and the notches thereof are adapted under certain conditions for registration with notches 41. formed in the face plates 39".v The keeper plates are held in position with the notches thereof from registration with the notches 41 of the face plates by the spring members 3% for'reasons hereinafter set forth.

The notches herein described are adapted to accommodate trunnions 42 carried by a mirror frame 43 as best illustrated in Fig. 7. These trunnions have head portions 42 formed thereon adapted to be received in recesses43 formed in the cross pieces 30 to the rear of the face plates 39. V i

This mirror frame carries a mirror 44 of approved construction and in an approved manner, the back of the frame being free from protruberances of screw heads or the like which would hinder the use of the back 44 of the frame as a tea table or desk top or the like.

When mounting the mirror frame in position, when the article is to be used as a dress .ing table or the like, the set screw buttons 35 are manipulated to relieve the binding efiect 7 between the operating levers 35 and the collars 38' to permit the operatng bolts to be rotated in a direction by the action of spring keeper plates out of registration with the notches 41 of the face plates. The hands of the assembler are now free to firmly grasp the frame to position the trunnions 42 thereof in the notches 41. The weight of the frame will cause the keeper plates to rotate the operating bolts and operating levers against the action of the spring members to bring the notches of the keeper plates into registration with the notches of the face plates with the trunnions 42 locked inthe notches against displacement and with the heads 42 thereof confined in the recesses as. The set screw buttons are now manipulated to bring the operating levers into binding relation with the collars to lock the operating levers and operating bolts and keeper plates against movement by action of the spring members when the frame is adjusted in a proper angle.

From this description its is apparent that by the simple combination and arrangement of elements herein described means is pro vided for effectively locking the mirror frame against self displacement and that the simple combination and arrangement-of elements permit expeditious removal of the mirror frame for the purpose of using the back thereof as a table top or the like, this removal being permitted in the following manner.

To remove the mirror frame for the purpose of using the back thereof as a table top or the like, the set screw buttons are manipulated to relieve the binding action between the operating levers and the collars at which.

time by action of the spring members the op- The frame, when its back is used as a table top or the like is supported in position in the following manner.

As best illustrated in Fig. Qtheblocks 31 have hingediy connected thereto supporting bars 45 through the medium of suitable hinges 45 which include leaf members 46 secured to the blocks as at 46 and leaf members 47 secured to the bottom edges 47 of the. supporting bars as at 48. The supporting bars are disposed in the position illustrated in Fig. 6 when the frame is supported to use the article a dressing table. The bars, when serving to support the frame with the mirror at the under side thereof, are disposed in the position illustrated in Fig. 9.

The supporting bars in their preferred form of construction include cut out portions providing seats 49 protected from injuring the frame by suitable felt strips 50. Opposite these seats are bearing flanges 51 which are adapted to bear against the adjacentside edges 51 of the frame when supported by i the bars with portions thereof resting upon the seats 9. The bearing flanges 51 when in the-position illustrated in Fig. 9 are disposed between the side edges 52 of the cross pieces and the adjacent side edges 52 of the frame for reasons hereinafter understood. In mounting the frame with the mirror at the under side thereof the supporting bars are disposed in the position illustrated in Fig. 9 after which the trunnions 42 of the frame are mounted in the notches of the keeper plates to move the keeper plates under weight of the frame against the action of the spring member i and to bring the notches of these.

keeper plates into registration with the notches of the face plates to lock the trunnions with their heads 42 confined in the recesses 43. After this has been accomplished the edge portionsdS of the frame will be found resting upon the seats 49 of the supporting barsand held against displacement by reason of the locked relation between the trunnions of the frame and the keeper plates and the face plates. It is important to note that as the weight of the frame is disposed at one side of the hinge members that by reason of this weight the bearing flanges 51 are brought into bearing relation with the side edges 52 of the frame and in this position the frame is supported in a flat horizontalposition'. Removal of the frame for the purpose of reversing the side thereof 'is obvious from the description herein.

W'Vhen the article is used as a dressing table or the like with the mirror disposed in a proper angle there is provided on the top edges of certain of the corner posts illuminating elements in the form of electric lamps. These lamps are connected in circuit in any approved manner with a female plug 53 carried by the body as illustrated in Fig. 2 and adapted to receive a male plug (not shown) forthe purpose of connecting the lamps in circuit with a suitable source of electrical energy.

\Vhile I have shown the preferred form of construction of my invention is to be understood that various changes and alterations maybe carried out in manufacture without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appended claims.

The invention having been set forth, what I claim as new and useful is:

1. In combination, a mirror frame, means pivotally supporting the mirror frame per-- mitting said mirror frame to be disposed either in substantially a horizontal plane or a vertical plane, supporting members coopcrating with said frame supporting means for supporting said mirror frame when disposed in said substantially horizontal plane, said supporting members having edge portions provided with seats accommodating adjacent edge portions of the mirror frame, and means hingedlly connecting the supporting members tothe frame supporting means permitting said supporting members to be swung in position to disposethe seats there- I ofin position to receive said adjacent edge portions. e

2. In combination, a mirror frame, mean-s pivotally supporting-the mirror frame per-- mitting said mirror frame to be disposed either substantially a horizontal plane or a vertical plane, supporting members 'c-oop crating with said frame supporting means for supporting said mirror frame when disosed in said substantiall ho izontal 3121.119

mitting said supporting members to be swung into position to dispose the seats thereof in position to receive said adjacent edge portions, and means for releasably locking said mirror frame in said substantially vertical plane or in a position at an inclination with respect to the body.

3. In combination a mirror frame, a body defining posts at the corners thereof, cross pieces connecting the posts together in'pairs, means pivotally connecting the mirror frame to the cross pieces permitting said mirror frame to be disposed in substantially a horizontal plane, supporting members having edge portions defining seats adapted to accommodate adjacent edge portions of the mirror frame for supporting said mirror frame against tilting movement,'and means hingedly connecting the supporting members to the cross pieces.

4. In combination a mirror frame, a body defining posts at the corners thereof, cross pieces connecting the posts together in pairs, means pivotally connecting the mirror frame to the cross pieces permitting said mirror frame to be disposed in substantially a horizontal plane, supporting members having edge portions defining seats adapted to accommodate adjacent edge portions of the mirror frame for supporting said mirror frame against tilting movement, means hingedly connecting the supporting. members to the cross pieces,'and means for releasably locking said mirror frame in an angular position with respect to the body, said means including trunnions carried by the mirror frame, keeper plates pivotally supported by the cross pieces and having notched portions adapted to receive the trunnions, face plates carried by the cross pieces and having notched portions adapted to receive the trunnions when said keeper plates are pivoted by weight of the frame in a direction to dispose the trunnions in the notched portions of the face plates, and means for locking said keeper plates against pivotal movement.

5. An article of furniture including supporting members, cross pieces connecting the supporting members in pairs and defining recesses, members disposed beneath the cross pieces defining recesses in communication with the recesses of the cross pieces. face plates carried by the cross pieces including notches formed in the bodies thereof, guide plates carried by the members disposed beneath the cross pieces including arcuated slots, operating bolts carried by the: cross pieces, operating levers con fined in the recesses of the cross pieces and the member disposed beneath the cross pieces and having operative connection with the operating bolts, set screw buttons having threaded engagement with the operating levers and having shank portions working in the arcuated slots, said set screw buttons being adapted to effect binding relation between the operating levers and the guide plates, keeper plates carried by the operating bolts and having notches formed therein adapted under certain conditions to register with the notches of the face plates, resilient means operable upon the operating bolts for moving the keeper plates in a position with the notches thereof out of registration with the notches of the face plates, and a mirror frame including trunnions adapted to be disposed in the notches of the keeper plates and move the keeper plates against the action of the resilient means in a direction to bring the notches thereof into registration with the notches of the face plates.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

PHOEBE G. GARDNER. 

